Lakshmi Iyer is a Managing Director at FSG with a 14-year track record of driving social impact strategies for multinational corporations -- through Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Philanthropy efforts, as well as inclusive business models.
At FSG, Lakshmi helps lead our corporate practice where she advises companies on ways to achieve their purpose by strengthening their competitive positioning while addressing societal issues. She has helped companies like Abbott, Intuit, Truist, and Toyota develop business strategies to drive social impact, design Corporate Social Responsibility and shared value strategies, identify priority metrics, and evaluate them and accelerate purpose.
She brings broad industry experience across geographies, having worked with companies in technology, healthcare, oil and gas, retail and manufacturing across Asia, the Americas, and Europe. She brings deep social sector experience in racial equity, gender equity, and global health.
Lakshmi was a core member of FSG's consulting team from 2012 - 2021 and rejoined FSG in 2023 as a Managing Director. Between 2021-2023, Lakshmi spent two years at Salesforce, as the Director for Strategy and Business Operations for Salesforce.org. Early in her career, Lakshmi managed CSR for the Mahindra Group, an Indian multinational company where she implemented community development projects and managed a successful employee engagement program for 40,000 employees. Lakshmi has a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School of Government.